by PREKURE | Mar 28, 2022 | Chronic Disease, Food, Food is Medicine, Nutrition, Science, Science in a Minute, Weight-loss
Hello and welcome to PREKURE’s weekly snippet of science, where on a weekly basis we share emergent research related to extending the human healthspan. The obesity pandemic has been raging on for a few decades now. There are many theories about why this...
by Ulrika Ballinger | Oct 5, 2021 | Behaviour Change, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Fitness is Medicine, Food is Medicine, Lifestyle is Medicine, Nutrition, Science
What are the lifestyle factors that have a massive impact on your health outcomes if you catch Covid? And what should you do to prepare yourself? Tune into our podcast below, as Prof Grant Schofield talks with Paul Taylor, Neuroscientist, Exercise Physiologist,...
by Catherine Crofts | Oct 4, 2021 | Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Lifestyle is Medicine, Prevention is Cure, Science
For many older adults, especially women or those with type 2 diabetes, the risk of fracturing bones is real, and it has a significant impact on quality of life. Understanding more about why bone might become more fragile is the first step in preventing it or reducing...
by Sonya English | Sep 30, 2021 | Become a Health Coach, Behaviour Change, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Lifestyle is Medicine, Prevention is Cure
PreKure’s Lead Coach, Sonya English, used to work at the bottom of the cliff in acute care medicine. Some days she feels guilt for leaving the healthcare system, but she has a strong belief that helping people find the knowledge and confidence to be the author...
by Sonya English | Sep 1, 2021 | Behaviour Change, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Lifestyle is Medicine, Prevention is Cure, Weight-loss
Why my journey with PreKure and working with the Faculty has made such a difference, and given me hope for the future for my family, and for the wider community. For nearly 30 years, I’ve worked as a critical care nurse at the bottom of the cliff, where I...
by Ulrika Ballinger | Jul 2, 2021 | Become a Health Coach, Behaviour Change, Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Fasting, Food is Medicine, Lifestyle is Medicine, Nutrition, Prevention is Cure
PreKure Faculty member and New Zealand Primary Health Care GP of the Year, Dr Glen Davies has, at the time of writing, reversed 124 cases of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes. Health coaching is at the centre of helping and supporting people in changing their...